04th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200027608 | NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE FACILITY - A spent nuclear fuel storage facility. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a storage facility including an array of storage containers. Each of the storage containers includes a body portion and a lid. The body portion has a storage cavity configured to hold a canister containing spent nuclear fuel. The lid, which may rest atop the body portion in a detachable manner, includes an inlet vent and an outlet vent. Each of the storage containers may be configured to draw air through the inlet vent and into the storage cavity where the air is warmed and passed through the outlet vent as heated air. The body portion of the storage containers may be positioned below grade and the lid of the storage containers may be positioned above grade. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027609 | SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CASK WITH DOSE ATTENUATION DEVICES - A storage apparatus with radiation shielding for spent nuclear fuel includes a fuel basket comprising elongated fuel storage tubes each defining an open cell configured to hold a nuclear fuel assembly. Gamma radiation attenuation inserts are nested inside at least some of the storage tubes. The inserts each comprise elongated open-ended tubular bodies which may have a rectangular cuboid configuration with square cross section. The inserts are composed of a dense metallic material selected for blocking gamma radiation and may have high thermal conductivity for effective heat dissipation from the decaying nuclear fuel. Attenuation inserts can occupy some or all perimeter tubes to provide shielding against gamma radiation emanating in a lateral direction from the fuel basket. The inserts may include upper and lower securement features for detachable fixation to the storage tubes, and air/gas flow cutouts. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A CONTAINER LOADED WITH WET RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS FOR DRY STORAGE - A system for preparing a container holding radioactive waste for dry storage. In one aspect, the invention can be a system for preparing a container having a cavity loaded with radioactive elements for dry storage, the system comprising: a gas circulation system comprising a condenser module, a desiccant module, and a gas circulator module; the gas circulation system configured to form a hermetically sealed closed-loop path when operably connected to the cavity of the container; and means for adding and removing the desiccant module as part of the hermetically sealed closed-loop path. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027611 | SYSTEM FOR STORAGE CONTAINER WITH REMOVABLE SHIELD PANELS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a modular reconfigurable shielding system for one or more storage containers in temporary or long term storage. The system comprises shield panels which may be used to shield external faces of containers in a storage configuration to reduce the overall amount of shielding required in a storage facility. Reducing the amount of shielding reduces the storage footprint of each container thus increasing storage capacity and efficiency of the storage facility. The modularity of the shield panels allows storage containers to be easily added and removed from the storage configuration. Additionally, modular shielding allows the amount and type of shielding to be easily reconfigured for differing requirements and storage contents. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027612 | MULTI-COMPONENT CASK FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL - A separable multi-component cask for spent nuclear fuel transport and storage includes a vertically elongated outer cylinder having a neutron radiation shielding composition and a vertically elongated inner cylinder having a gamma radiation blocking composition. The inner cylinder includes a cavity configured to hold a spent nuclear fuel canister. The inner cylinder is detachably mounted and nested inside a cavity of the outer cylinder and is separable therefrom during spent fuel cask loading operations in a staged manner. An air ventilation annulus formed between the first and second cylinders forms a heat removal passage to remove heat emitted by the radioactive canister when placed inside the second cylinder. A pair of removably coupled mating top flanges on the inner and outer cylinders supports and suspends the inner cylinder in a cantilevered manner, thereby allowing the directly heated inner cylinder to thermally expand to a greater degree than the outer cylinder. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027613 | Apparatuses and Methods for Securely Storing Radioactive Source Materials that Enable Various Inventory Tasks, Prevent Storage Structures from Being Negligently Left Open or Unlocked, Prevent Circumvention of Security Measures, and Ensure Stabilization of Storage Structures in a Moving Mobile Structure, and Provide an Alerting System for Warning Staff of an Unsecure or Unlocked Condition of Such Storage Structures - Apparatuses and methods for securely storing radioactive source materials that enables inventory activities with security functions. In particular, apparatuses and methods for securely storing radioactive source materials are provided with visual and automated inventory, security, alerting, and stabilization design elements that enable various inventory tasks, prevent storage structures from being negligently left open or unlocked, ensure stabilization of storage structures in a moving mobile structure, and provide an alerting system for warning staff of an unsecure or unlocked condition of such storage structures. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027614 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING NUCLEAR REACTOR COOLANT RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL/ADJUSTING PH - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for purifying reactor coolant radioactive material and adjusting the pH of the reactor coolant, to replace and overcome the disadvantages of the purification and Li adjustment of a reactor coolant, by conventional ion-exchange resins; to concentrate, store and reuse Li | 2020-01-23 |
20200027615 | RADIOACTIVE CESIUM ADSORBENT AND METHOD OF REMOVING RADIOACTIVE CESIUM USING THE SAME - A radioactive cesium adsorbent includes photocatalyst particles and Prussian blue. The ferric ions of the Prussian blue are reduced to ferrous ions by activation of the photocatalyst particles. A method of removing radioactive cesium using the radioactive cesium adsorbent includes preparing a composition comprising photocatalyst particles and Prussian blue; preparing a precursor solution by mixing radioactive cesium and the composition prepared in the preparing of a composition; and reducing ferric ions of the Prussian blue to ferrous ions by activating the photocatalyst particles in the precursor solution prepared in the preparing of a precursor solution. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027616 | Decontamination of Tritiated Water - Methods and systems directed to the separation of tritium from an aqueous stream are described. The separation method is a multi-stage method that includes a first stage during which tritium of a tritium-contaminated aqueous stream is adsorbed onto a separation phase, a second stage during which the adsorbed tritium is exchanged with hydrogen in a gaseous stream to provide a gaseous stream with a high tritium concentration, and a third stage during which the tritium of the gaseous stream is separated from the gaseous stream as a gaseous tritium product. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027617 | HIGH-DENSITY SUBTERRANEAN STORAGE SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR FUEL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE - An underground ventilated system for storing nuclear waste materials. The system includes a storage module having an outer shell defining an internal cavity and an inner shell. A majority of the height of the outer shell may be disposed below grade. The outer shell may include a hermetically sealed bottom. First and second canisters are positioned in lower and upper portions within the cavity respectively in vertically stacked relationship. A centering and spacing ring assembly is interspersed between the first and second canisters to transfer the weight of the upper second canister to the lower first canister. The assembly may include centering lugs which laterally restrain the first and second canisters in case of a seismic event. A natural convection driven ventilated air system cools the canisters to remove residual decay heat to the atmosphere. In one non-limiting embodiment, the shells are made of steel. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027618 | TARGET IRRADIATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES - A target irradiation system including an irradiated target removal system having a body defining a central bore, an elevator received within the central bore, and a docking surface for placing the irradiated target removal system in fluid communication with a vessel penetration of a reactor. A target canister slidably receives the radioisotope target therein, and the elevator is configured to receive the target canister. The elevator is lowered into the reactor when irradiating the radioisotope target, and the irradiated target removal system forms a portion of a pressure boundary of the reactor during target irradiation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027619 | Compact Radioisotope Generator - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for making a radioisotope and a composition of matter including the radioisotope. The radioisotope is made by exposing a material to neutrons from a portable neutron source. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027620 | Compact Radioisotope Generator - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for making a radioisotope and a composition of matter including the radioisotope. The radioisotope is made by exposing a material to neutrons from a portable neutron source. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027621 | LOW DENSITY IRIDIUM - The disclosure pertains to improvements in a gamma radiation source, typically containing low-density alloys or compounds or composites of iridium in mechanically deformable and compressible configurations, within a sealed encapsulation, and methods of manufacture thereof. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027622 | SYSTEM FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE - The system for storage includes spent nuclear fuel arranged in a drift and at least one first mechanical structure configured to cause a target material to move in the drift. The at least one first mechanical structure is configured to at least assist in actively controlling an exposure rate of the target material to the spent nuclear fuel while the target material is being exposed to the spent nuclear fuel. The system includes at least one second mechanical structure configured to remove the target material from the drift after the target material is exposed to the spent nuclear fuel. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027623 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - For a working wavelength in the range from 1 nm to 12 nm, a reflective optical element has, on a substrate, a multilayer system that includes at least two alternating materials having a different real part of the refractive index at the working wavelength. The multilayer system includes a first alternating material from the group formed from thorium, uranium, barium, nitrides thereof, carbides thereof, borides thereof, lanthanum carbide, lanthanum nitride, lanthanum boride, and a second alternating material from the group formed from carbon, boron, boron carbide, or lanthanum as first alternating material and carbon or boron as second alternating material. It has, on the side of the multilayer system remote from the substrate, a protective layer system including a nitride, an oxide and/or a platinum metal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027624 | CABLES EXHIBITING INCREASED AMPACITY DUE TO LOWER TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE - Cables including conductors formed form ultra-conductive copper wires which have a lower temperature coefficient of resistance are disclosed. Methods of making the cables including conductors with ultra-conductive copper wires are further disclosed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027625 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND THEMETHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A self-assembled metal mesh transparent conductive film and the method of fabricating the same are provided in the present invention. Some key aspects of the present invention are as follows: 1) to control the opening size in self-assembled metal mesh transparent conductive film; 2) to tune the surface energy of substrate using surface treatment; 3) to improve transparency of metal mesh by low-temperature method such as chemical etching; 4) to increase the conductivity of metal mesh without high temperature annealing; and 5) to strengthen the metal mesh film by post-treatment. The transparent conductive film of the present invention can be formed on rigid or flexible substrates. The present method enables tuning the transparency and conductance of the metal mesh film through tuning the opening size of metal mesh, and is also cost-effective due to low process cost and high material utilization rate. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027626 | ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR - Yarns for electrical conduction that comprise a composite of fibres composed of carbon nanotubes and/or of a multiplicity of graphene layers and have a specific porosity are already known. The yarns have an electrical insulation layer, which is produced by application of a polymer coating. The electrical insulation layer has to adhere to the yarn sufficiently well for the insulation not to detach even in the event of mechanical stress, for example deflection with a small bending radius. Furthermore, the electrical insulation layer should be as thin as possible in order to achieve a low thermal resistance. Additionally, the electrical insulation layer has to be elastic enough to be able to cope with any geometric changes in the non-rigid yarn without detaching. In the electric conductor according to the invention, the electrical insulation is improved. The invention provides for the outer fibres of the composite to be fluorinated in such a way that they form an electrical insulation layer ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200027627 | CABLE ROUTING SYSTEM - A cable routing system is provided. The cable routing system comprises a flexible flat band being able to be deformed from its stretched out shape without assuming a permanent changed form and several attaching devices in intervals along a longitudinal direction of the band for attaching a cable to the band in a sliding manner. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027628 | OUTER COVER BODY FOR ELECTRICAL WIRES AND OUTER-COVER-BODY-ATTACHED WIRE HARNESS - Providing an outer cover body for electrical wires that can improve the degree of freedom of design while preventing anisotropy in mechanical properties and also make it possible to form even a compact outer cover body for electrical wires. An outer cover body for electrical wires that is to be attached to the outer periphery of an electrical wire, the outer cover body for electrical wires being formed of a bent thermoplastic resin foam sheet having a density of not less than 200 Kg/m | 2020-01-23 |
20200027629 | PLUG-IN POWER AND DATA CONNECTIVITY MICRO GRIDS FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS OF DEPLOYING SUCH MICRO GRIDS - A power and data connectivity micro grid includes a first power sourcing equipment device having first and second power ports and first and second data ports, and configured to deliver DC power signals to the first and second power ports. The micro grid further includes first and second remote distribution nodes, and first and second splice enclosures, each splice enclosure having a power input port, a data input port, a power tap port, a data tap port, a power output port and a data output port. A first composite power-data cable is coupled between the first power port and the first data port of the first power sourcing equipment device and the power input port and the data input port of the first splice enclosure. A second composite power-data cable is coupled between the second power port and the second data port of the first power sourcing equipment device and the power input port and the data input port of the second splice enclosure. The power tap port and the data tap port of the first splice enclosure are coupled to a power input port and a data input port of the first remote distribution node, respectively. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027630 | VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT RESISTOR DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS AGAINST A POWER SURGE - Devices for protecting a plurality of conductors against a power surge. One device includes a first electrode positioned on a first surface of the device, a second electrode positioned on the first surface of the device, and a floating electrode positioned on a second surface of the device. The first electrode is configured to receive a surge current from a first conductor. The surge current travels through the device from the first electrode to the floating electrode and from the floating electrode to the second electrode | 2020-01-23 |
20200027631 | Varistor Passivation Layer and Method of Making the Same - In general, a varistor including a passivation layer and a method of forming such a varistor are disclosed. The varistor comprises a ceramic body comprising a plurality of alternating dielectric layers and electrode layers. The varistor also comprises a first external terminal on a first end surface and a second external terminal on a second end surface opposite the first end surface wherein at least two side surfaces extend between the first end surface and the second end surface. The varistor also comprises a passivation layer on at least one side surface of the ceramic body between the first external terminal and the second external terminal. The passivation layer includes a phosphate and a metal additive including an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or a mixture thereof. The passivation layer has an average thickness of from 0.1 microns to 30 microns. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027632 | MAGNETIC MATERIALS WITH HIGH CURIE TEMPERATURES AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS - Disclosed herein are ceramic materials, such as bismuth substituted garnets, which can have high curie temperatures and high dielectric constants. In certain implementations, indium can be incorporated into the ceramic to improve certain properties and to avoid calcium compensation. The ceramic materials disclosed herein can be particular advantageous for below resonance applications. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027633 | CRYOCOOLER AND MAGNETIC SHIELD - A cryocooler includes a second-stage cooling stage, a second cylinder which includes the second-stage cooling stage on a terminal of the second-stage cylinder, a second-stage displacer which includes a magnetic regenerator material and is accommodated in the second-stage cylinder so as to be able to reciprocate in the second-stage cylinder, and a tubular magnetic shield which is installed on the second-stage cooling stage and extends along the second-stage cylinder outside the second-stage cylinder. The magnetic shield is formed of a normal conductor and a product of an electrical conductivity in a temperature range of 10 K (Kelvin) or less and a thickness of the tubular magnetic shield is 60 MS (Mega-Siemens) to 1980 MS. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027634 | SUPERCONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a superconductor includes a base member, and a superconducting layer provided on the base member. The superconducting layer has a first surface on the base member side, and a second surface on the side opposite to the first surface. The lattice constant of the base member substantially matches the lattice constant of the superconducting layer. The superconducting layer includes REA | 2020-01-23 |
20200027635 | MAGNETISM BOOSTER ASSEMBLY - A magnetism booster assembly including a sleeve having a first face, a second face, and an outer periphery surface extending between the first face and the second face. The sleeve defines a central bore extending from the first face to the second face. The sleeve also defines a pocket spaced apart from the central bore and having an opening in the first face. The magnetism booster assembly also includes a magnet positioned within the pocket. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027636 | SOLENOID AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - [Object] To provide a solenoid with which, when attaching an iron core to a yoke, the iron core can be easily and firmly attached using an inexpensive, small, and general-purpose hand tool without crimping the iron core using a large press machine. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027637 | INDUCTOR COMPONENT - An inductor component comprising an element body formed by laminating a plurality of insulating layers, and a helically wound coil disposed in the element body. The insulating layer contains a base material and a crystal, wherein a refractive index of each of the base material and the crystal is 1.8 or less for at least one wavelength of 350 nm or more and 450 nm or less (i.e., from 350 nm to 450 nm). The coil includes a coil wiring wound along a plane, and the coil wiring is made up of one coil conductor layer or a plurality of coil conductor layers laminated in surface contact with each other. Also, the aspect ratio of the coil conductor layer is 1.0 or more. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027638 | INDUCTOR COMPONENT - An inductor component comprising a magnetic layer containing a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder, a first spiral wiring and a second spiral wiring disposed on the same plane in the magnetic layer and adjacent to each other, and an insulating layer disposed between the first spiral wiring and the second spiral wiring and containing no magnetic substance. The first spiral wiring includes a first side surface facing the second spiral wiring, and at least a portion of the first side surface is in contact with the magnetic layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027639 | EXTENDED PACKAGE AIR CORE INDUCTOR - An electronic device comprises an air core inductor including an electronic semiconductor package including a first portion of the air core inductor internal to the electronic semiconductor package; and an electrically conductive layer arranged on a first external surface of the electronic semiconductor package and electrically connected as a second portion of the air core inductor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027640 | INDUCTIVE CHARGING DEVICE - An inductive charging device may include a charging assembly with at least one induction coil and at least one magnet plate, which may be ferrimagnetic or ferromagnetic at least on some regions, and an emission protection assembly fastened to the charging assembly, with a metal shielding plate, in order to shield field emissions arising during an inductive charging process. The emission protection assembly may have an active cooling assembly lying against the metal shielding plate so as to allow heat transfer and fastened thereto. The cooling assembly may have: at least one boundary insert lying against the metal shielding plate, by which a cooling region of the cooling assembly may be delimited; at least one channel structure insert lying against the metal shielding plate in the cooling region, through which a channel structure for a cooling medium may be provided; and a cooling cover, fastened to the boundary insert in a fluid-tight manner, in order to cover the cooling assembly. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027641 | TRANSFORMER CORE FOR A CUT-AND-STACK TYPE TRANSFORMER AND TRANSFORMER INCLUDING SAME - A transformer core includes two stacks, each of first thickness with ≥1 flat parts, the cutting directions rectilinear and parallel or perpendicular to one another, the stacks facing across a gap, the flat parts made of an austenitic FeNi alloy 30-80% Ni and 10% alloying elements, with a sharp {100} <001> cubic texture, the cutting directions of the fiat parts parallel to the rolling or transverse direction, the flat parts having magnetic losses, for a maximum induction of 1 T, <20 W/kg at 400 Hz, producing apparent magnetostriction for maximum induction values and field directions as follows: 1.2 T<5 ppm, large side of the sample parallel to rolling direction; 1.2 T<5 ppm, large side of the sample parallel to transverse direction in the rolling plane; and 1.2 T<10 ppm, length direction parallel to intermediate direction 45° to rolling and transverse directions. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027642 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT MODULE - A magnetic component module includes a magnetic core group, a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding. The magnetic core group includes a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core disposed corresponding to the first magnetic core, and a third magnetic core disposed corresponding to the second magnetic core. The second magnetic core is placed between the first magnetic core and the third magnetic core. The first winding and the second winding are placed between the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core. The third winding is placed in the third magnetic core. The first magnetic core, the second magnetic core, the first winding, and the second winding together constitute a transformer. The third magnetic core and the third winding constitute an inductive component. Therefore, less components are used, manufacturing is simplified, and production costs are reduced. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027643 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coil component includes a body including a coil having a top coil and a bottom coil connected to each other through a via and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body to be connected to the coil. A first insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the top coil, and a second insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the bottom coil. The first and second insulating layers are disposed to extend between the top coil and the bottom coil. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027644 | CHIP INDUCTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A chip inductor includes a body having a coil and an insulating member on which the coil is disposed, and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body. The insulating layers are disposed on one surface of the insulating member in the body and another surface opposing the one surface, respectively, and are made of a material different from a material of the insulating member. The insulating member and the insulating layers constitute a multilayer structure. The coil includes a top coil and a bottom coil disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface of the multilayer structure, respectively. The top and bottom coils are connected by a via penetrating through the top and bottom surfaces of the multilayer structure. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027645 | INDUCTOR COMPONENT - An inductor component comprising a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer containing a resin, a substrate of a sintered body having a first principal surface in close contact with the first magnetic layer and a second principal surface above which the second magnetic layer is disposed, and a spiral wiring disposed between the second magnetic layer and the substrate. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027646 | INDUCTOR COMPONENT - An inductor component comprising a first magnetic layer, a spiral wiring disposed on the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer covering the spiral wiring. The first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain a magnetic powder and a resin containing the magnetic powder, and the spiral wiring includes a spiral-shaped first conductor layer and a second conductor layer disposed on the first conductor layer and shaped along the first conductor layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027647 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a body having a bottom surface and a top surface opposing each other in one direction, and a plurality of walls each connecting the bottom surface to the top surface of the body; a coil portion buried in the body, and having first and second lead-out portions; first and second external electrodes disposed on the bottom surface of the body and spaced apart from each other; via electrodes penetrating through the body and connecting the first and second lead-out portions and the first and second external electrodes to each other; a third external electrode including a pad portion disposed on the bottom surface of the body, and a connection portion extending to portions of the plurality of walls of the body, and spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes; a shielding layer including a cap portion disposed on the other surface of the body, and side wall portions respectively disposed on the plurality of walls of the body, and connected to the third external electrode; and an insulating layer disposed between the shielding layer and the body, and between the first to third external electrodes and the body. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027648 | FLAT WINDING / EQUAL COUPLING COMMON MODE INDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027649 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface opposing each other in one direction, and a plurality of walls each connecting the one surface to the other surface; a coil portion buried in the body, and having both ends exposing to one of the plurality of walls of the body; first and second external electrodes respectively including first and second terminal electrodes disposed on one surface of the body and spaced apart from each other, and first and second connection electrodes respectively connecting the first and second terminal electrodes to both ends of the coil portion; a first external insulating layer disposed on the other surface of the body; and a first shielding layer disposed on the external insulating layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027650 | Coil Component - A coil component includes a body including a coil and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body to be connected to the coil. The body includes a support member, disposed to support the coil, having a via hole spaced apart from a through-hole. The coil includes a coil body and a coil lead-out portion disposed to connect the coil body and the external electrode to each other. A first support layer is disposed between one surface of the support member and one surface of the coil lead-out portion, and a second support layer is disposed on the first support layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027651 | TRANSFORMER AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD THEREOF - A transformer having an insulation system is presented. The transformer includes a magnetic core having an opening. Also, the transformer includes a plurality of primary windings disposed extending through the opening of the magnetic core. Further, the insulation system includes a first insulation substantially encapsulating the plurality of primary windings and impregnating spaces between the plurality of primary windings, and a second insulation disposed around the first insulation, where the second insulation has at least one of a predetermined dielectric strength and a predetermined thickness configured to isolate a first voltage signal in the plurality of primary windings from the magnetic core. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027652 | NOISE FILTER AND POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A noise filter includes a center conductor, at least one outer conductor, and a core. The outer conductor is cylindrical in shape, and the center conductor is inserted through the interior of the outer conductor. The core is a cylindrical magnetic body, and the center conductor and the at least one outer conductor are inserted through the interior of the core. The center conductor and the at least one outer conductor are insulated from each other. Phase currents for each phase of a symmetrical polyphase alternating current flow through the center conductor and the at least one outer conductor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027653 | MAGNETIC COUPLING COIL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic coupling coil element in one embodiment includes a magnetic base body that includes an intermediate magnetic layer, a first magnetic layer disposed over the intermediate magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer disposed under the intermediate magnetic layer; a first coil conductor provided in the first magnetic layer; and a second coil conductor provided in the second magnetic layer. The intermediate magnetic layer has a saturation magnetic flux density lower than saturation magnetic flux densities of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer in a first region that overlaps with the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor in plan view. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027654 | IRON-RICH PERMANENT MAGNET - The disclosure is directed to an iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure including a plurality of elongated crystallographic grains with grain boundaries, the iron-nitride material including at least one of an α″-Fe | 2020-01-23 |
20200027655 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE COERCIVITY OF A SINTERED ND-FE-B PERMANENT MAGNET - A method of increasing coercivity of an Nd—Fe—B sintered permanent magnet includes a step of providing an organic film. A powder, containing at least one heavy rare earth elements, is uniformly deposited on the organic film forming a diffusion source. Then, a sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block having a pair of block surfaces extending perpendicular to a magnetization direction is provided. Next, the diffusion source is deposited on at least one of the block surfaces with the powder being in abutment relationship with at least one of the block surfaces. After depositing the diffusion source, the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block containing the diffusion source is pressed allowing the powder of the diffusion source to be in close contact with the block surface. The diffusion source is then diffused into the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block to produce a diffused magnet block. Next, the diffused magnet block is aged. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027656 | GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION METHOD OF R-FE-B SERIES RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, HRE DIFFUSION SOURCE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a grain boundary diffusion method of an R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet, an HRE diffusion source, and a preparation method thereof, comprising the following steps: engineering A of forming a dry layer on a high-temperature-resistant carrier, the dry layer being adhered with HRE compound powder, the HRE being at least one of Dy, Tb, Gd, or Ho; and engineering B of performing heat treatment on the R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet and the high-temperature-resistant carrier treated with the engineering A in a vacuum or inert atmosphere and supplying HRE to a surface of the R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet. The method can reduce the consumption of heavy rare earth element and control the loss of residual magnetism Br while increasing the coercivity. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027657 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE COERCIVITY OF A SINTERED ND-FE-B PERMANENT MAGNET - A method of increasing coercivity of a sintered Nd—Fe—B permanent magnet includes a first step of providing a sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block having a pair of block surfaces extending perpendicular to a magnetization direction. The method then proceeds with depositing an organic adhesive layer on one of the block surfaces. Next, the method proceeds with depositing a powder containing at least one heavy rare earth element on the organic adhesive layer. After depositing the powder, the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block is pressed to adhere the powder to the organic adhesive layer. Then, the method follows with a step of removing excess powder from the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block to form a uniform film. Then, the powder is diffused into the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet is diffused into the sintered Nd—Fe—B magnet block to produce a diffused magnet block. Next, the method proceeds with aging the diffused magnet block. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027658 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - A multilayer capacitor may include a capacitor body including an active area including a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes, upper and lower cover layers disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the active area, and having first to six external surfaces; first and second external electrodes including first and second connection portions and first and second band portions, respectively; and a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed on the upper and lower cover layers with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and exposed through corners of the capacitor body, a portion of the plurality of dummy electrodes being disposed between the upper and lower surfaces of the capacitor body and the first and second band portions. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027659 | CERAMIC DIELECTRIC AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND DEVICE - Disclosed are a ceramic dielectric including a composite of a first dielectric and a second dielectric, wherein each of the first dielectric and the second dielectric includes strontium (Sr) and niobium (Nb) and has a different crystal system, a ceramic electronic component, and a device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027660 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The capacitor body includes a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with dielectric layer interposed therebetween. The first and second external electrodes are electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. A first Schottky layer is Schottky-junctioned to an interface between the dielectric layer and the first internal electrode in the capacitor body. A second Schottky layer is Schottky-junctioned to an interface between the dielectric later and the second internal electrode in the capacitor body. The work function values of the first and second Schottky layers is higher than the work function values of the first and second internal electrodes. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027661 | MULTILAYER CAPACITOR - A multilayer capacitor includes a body and external electrodes on external surfaces of the body. The body includes a plurality of internal electrodes alternately laminated with dielectric layers. The external electrodes are electrically connected to the internal electrodes. Edges of cover portions of the body are rounded. The rounded edges have a radius of curvature R and the body has a thickness T, such that R and T satisfy 10 μm≤R≤T/ | 2020-01-23 |
20200027662 | MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including first and second main surfaces facing in a first axis direction, first and second end surfaces facing in a second axis direction, and first and second internal electrodes; a first external electrode including a first cover portion covering the first end surface, and a first extended portion extending from the first cover portion to the second main surface; and a second external electrode including a second cover portion covering the second end surface, and a second extended portion extending from the second cover portion to the second main surface, the multi-layer ceramic electronic component satisfying that, when T | 2020-01-23 |
20200027663 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING VARIABLE CAPACITOR INCLUDING PHOTO-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer that is formed to be opposite to the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer includes conductors that are electrically separated, and one or more photo-conductive members connected between the conductors. The electronic device further includes an insulating layer that is interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, one or more light sources positioned to face the one or more photo-conductive members, and a control circuit. The control circuit outputs a specified light through the light source such that an electric conductivity of the photo-conductive member increases in response to a light, from among the photo-conductive members and some conductors are electrically connected with the photo-conductive member, and a capacitance value between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is changed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027664 | SEPARATOR FOR ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS, AND ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Provided is a separator for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, in which the separator has both good short circuit resistance and good impedance characteristics. A separator for aluminum electrolytic capacitors is formed, in which the separator is interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, and the separator includes at least one layer that is formed from plant fibers and has a dielectric breakdown strength of greater than or equal to 20 kV/mm. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027665 | DEHUMIDIFYING DEVICES, AND DATA STORAGE DEVICES HAVING ONE OR MORE DEHUMIDIFYING DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to dehumidifying devices and data storage devices that include a dehumidifying device. A dehumidifying device can include first and second electrical terminals that are located on the same side of the dehumidifying device to easily couple the terminals to electrical connections external to the data storage device such as a printed circuit board assembly. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027666 | BICHROMIC BIPODAL TRIPHENYLAMINE-BASED DYES WITH HIGH PHOTO-ELECTRON CONVERSION AT LOW LIGHT INTENSITIES - A bichromic bipodal triphenyl amine based dye of the following formula: | 2020-01-23 |
20200027667 | WINDER - A winder includes a winding mechanism, a chamber, a vacuum pump, a conveying route and a product case. The winding mechanism winds a belt-shaped raw film around a winding core, the belt-shaped raw film being composed of a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separating films. The chamber houses the winding mechanism. The vacuum pump sucks air into the chamber. The conveying route has a sealed outer space outside the chamber, an inner space of the chamber leading to the outer space in the conveyance route. The product case is disposed in the conveying route to house a plurality of winding products each formed by winding the raw film with use of the winding mechanism. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027668 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ALLOY FOR VACUUM CONTACTORS - An improved electrical contact alloy, useful for example, in vacuum interrupters used in vacuum contactors is provided. The contact alloy according to the disclosed concept comprises copper particles and chromium particles present in a ratio of copper to chromium particles of 2:3 to 20:1 by weight. The electrical contact alloy also comprises particles of a carbide, which reduces the weld break strength of the electrical contact alloy without reducing its interruption performance. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027669 | CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH HANDLE BEARING PINS - Circuit breakers with handles having at least one handle bearing pin that contacts an upper end portion of a moving arm and allows the arm to rotate to “OFF”, “ON” and “TRIP” positions, typically about 90 degrees of rotation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027670 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND TRANSFER ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A transfer assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus has a first housing, separable contacts internal the first housing, and an operating handle having an ON position and an OFF position. The transfer assembly includes a rotary handle, a number of transfer components each structured to cooperate with the rotary handle, one of the transfer components being structured to engage the operating handle in order to allow the rotary handle to move the operating handle between the ON position and the OFF position, and a support assembly. The support assembly includes a second housing and a support member coupled to and located internal with respect to the second housing, the second housing being structured to be coupled to the first housing, the rotary handle being coupled to the second housing. Each of the transfer components is coupled to the support member. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027671 | BUTTON, SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND COMPUTER HOST - The disclosure provides a button. The button includes at least one guiding component and a main body. The main body has at least one guiding surface. The guiding surface of the main body is slidably connected to the guiding component so as to allow the guiding component to guide the main body to move. In addition, the disclosure also provides a switch assembly and a computer host that have the button. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027672 | WATERPROOF KEYBOARD STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A waterproof keyboard structure and an assembly method thereof are provided. The waterproof keyboard structure includes a keyboard module, and a keyboard frame framing on the keyboard module, wherein an elastic waterproof layer is formed by means of double injection or insert molding on the keyboard frame. The keyboard module is defined with a key surface, and an assembly surface arranged back-to-back to the key surface. The elastic waterproof layer is clad on the key surface, and the keyboard module with the assembly surface facing a seat is assembled together with the keyboard frame in an accommodating space, thereby having the elastic waterproof layer closely fit with the seat to form a waterproof ring. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027673 | Insulation Arrangement for a High or Medium Voltage Assembly - Various embodiments include an insulator arrangement for a high-voltage or medium-voltage assembly comprising an axially symmetrical insulating structure element having two annular base regions separated from one another by an annular blocking region. The relative permittivity of the material of the blocking region is at least twice as high as the relative permittivity of the material of the base region. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027674 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A SWITCHING ELEMENT - An electromagnetic control mechanism for a switching element is described herein, which can be switched to an open operating state and to a closed operating state by means of an electromagnet and an actuating unit that acts counter to the actuation force of the electromagnet. The electromagnet has a dedicated mechanism for dampening the actuation movement of an anchor of the electromagnet toward a section of the coil, by means of which the actuation speed of the anchor can be reduced after a distance between a section of the anchor facing the coil and the section of the coil becomes shorter than a predefined distance. The mechanism for dampening comprises at least one component connected to the coil, which becomes functionally connected to the anchor after the distance becomes shorter than the defined distance, wherein, as the displacement of the anchor increases, liquid can be discharged from a chamber bordered by the component and the anchor via a throttle mechanism to an extent that reduces the actuation speed of the anchor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027675 | SOLENOID ASSEMBLY WITH DECREASED RELEASE TIME - A solenoid assembly includes the solenoid armature assembly having a flux tube or magnetic bearing having an opposed first end and a second end. The armature assembly additionally includes an armature having an opposed third end and a fourth end and movable within the flux tube or magnetic bearing along a mutual axis. The fourth end of the armature is slidably movable beyond the second end of the flux tube or magnetic bearing. A top plate facing the fourth end of the armature, the top plate having an opening for slidably receiving the central core. A slot is included in at least one of the flux tube or magnetic bearing, the armature, and the top plate to improve or decrease release time between the movable contacts and the stationary contacts. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027676 | Electronic Rotary Switch - An electronic switch includes a substrate and a rotator assembly. The rotator assembly is configured to prevent rotation between a first rotational configuration and a second rotational configuration in a first translational position of the rotator assembly, while the rotator assembly is configured to rotate between the first rotational configuration and the second rotational configuration in a second translational position of the rotator assembly. The second translational position of the rotator assembly is translationally offset from the first translational position of the rotator assembly. An electrical contact of the rotator assembly is configured to electrically connect an electronic input path of the substrate to an electronic output path of the substrate in the first rotational configuration and first translational position of the rotator assembly, but not to electrically connect the electronic input path to the electronic output path in the second rotational configuration of the rotator assembly or in the second translational position of the rotator assembly. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027677 | ARC EXTINGUISHING UNIT OF MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER - The present disclosure relates to an arc extinguishing device of a molded case circuit breaker which includes a fixed contactor fixedly provided on part of a base assembly case; a movable contactor brought into contact with or separated from the fixed contactor; and an arc extinguishing unit configured to extinguish an arc generated when the movable contactor is separated from the fixed contactor, and the arc extinguishing unit including a pair of side plates provided on the base assembly case; and a plurality of grids provided to have a predetermined distance between the pair of side plates, and the grid including a first grid formed with a first cutout portion on a first side surface where an arc is generated; and a second grid formed with a second cutout portion having a depth different from that of the first cutout portion on a second side surface where an arc is generated. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027678 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND TRIP ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A trip assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus. The electrical switching apparatus has a base, a pair of separable contacts, and a trip bar structured to cooperate with the separable contacts in order to trip open the separable contacts. The trip assembly includes a housing member structured to be coupled to the base, and an lockout assembly having an actuation member and a locking member each coupled to the housing member. The actuation member is configured to engage the trip bar in order to trip open the separable contacts. The lockout assembly is structured to move between a FIRST position corresponding to the separable contacts being closed, and a SECOND position corresponding to the separable contacts being open. When the lockout assembly is in the SECOND position, the locking member engages the actuation member in order to maintain the separable contacts in the open position. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027679 | TEMPERATURE ACTUATED SWITCH - A temperature actuated switch ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200027680 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRIP UNIT - An electromagnetic trip unit, wherein: the electromagnetic trip unit includes a movable core, an upper static core and a lower static core; the movable core can move relative to the upper static core and the lower static core in the upper static core and the lower static core; a movable core body end of a movable core body of the movable core faces and approaches the lower static core end of the lower static core, when the electromagnetic trip unit is not released, a first magnetic field air gap is formed between the movable core body end and the lower static core end; the movable core body of the movable core is also provided with a movable core body step, when the electromagnetic trip unit is not released, a second magnetic field air gap is formed between the movable core body step and the lower static core end. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027681 | CIRCUIT BOARD ARRANGEMENT HAVING ELECTRICAL LEADS FOR HOLDING AN ELECTRICAL FUSE - The invention relates to a circuit board arrangement for electrical separation of leads, comprising a fuse board configured to hold an electrical fuse, wherein the fuse board has electrical leads and openings formed between adjacent electrical leads; and comprising an insulating member configured to receive the fuse board, wherein the insulating member has separators, wherein the separators are configured to insert into the openings and electrically separate the leads | 2020-01-23 |
20200027682 | THERMAL FUSE - A thermal fuse for an electrical circuit is described, with a contact arm by way of which two electrical conductors are electrically conductively connected to each other, wherein the connection of the contact arm to at least one of the two conductors is a soldered joint, which loses its strength when a activation temperature of the fuse is reached. In accordance with this disclosure a permanent magnet is provided, which generates a magnetic force, which lifts the contact arm from at least one of the two conductors as soon as the soldered joint loses its strength. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027683 | Diamond Semiconductor Device - An electrical device comprising a substrate of diamond material and elongate metal protrusions extending into respective recesses in the substrate. Doped semiconductor layers, arranged between respective protrusions and the substrate, behave as n type semiconducting material on application of an electric field, between the protrusions and the substrate, suitable to cause a regions of positive space charge within the semiconductor layers. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027684 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ION TRAPS - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for ion traps are described herein. One apparatus includes a number of microwave (MW) rails and a number of radio frequency (RF) rails formed with substantially parallel longitudinal axes and with substantially coplanar upper surfaces. The apparatus includes two sequences of direct current (DC) electrodes with each sequence formed to extend substantially parallel to the substantially parallel longitudinal axes of the MW rails and the RF rails. The apparatus further includes a number of through-silicon vias (TSVs) formed through a substrate of the ion trap and a trench capacitor formed in the substrate around at least one TSV. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027685 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - Examples of a substrate processing method include subjecting a substrate placed on a susceptor to plasma processing, applying power to an RF electrode facing the susceptor for only a predetermined static electricity removal time to generate plasma, thereby reducing an amount of charge of the substrate, measuring a self-bias voltage of the RF electrode while susceptor pins are made to protrude from a top surface of the susceptor and lift up the substrate, and by a controller, shortening the static electricity removal time when the self-bias voltage has a positive value, and lengthening the static electricity removal time when the self-bias voltage has a negative value. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027686 | GATE VALVE - A gate valve | 2020-01-23 |
20200027687 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE, MULTI-BEAM BLANKER FOR A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE - A multi-beam charged particle beam device is described. The multi-beam charged particle beam device includes a charged particle source configured to emit a primary charged particle beam; an aperture arrangement having openings configured to generate at least a first beamlet and a second beamlet of the primary charged particle beam; and a blanking device, the blanking device includes at least a first blanking deflector for the first beamlet and a second blanking deflector for the second beamlet; and a shield assembly having a first shielding element partially or fully surrounding the first blanking deflector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027688 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a pedestal provided in the chamber and having a substrate holding region to hold a substrate thereon, and a gas supply part to supply a gas into the chamber. A plurality of electron gun arrays two-dimensionally arranged so as to cover the substrate holding region is provided and configured to emit electrons toward the gas to cause interactions between the emitted electrons and the gas. A plurality of electron energy control parts is correspondingly provided at each of the electron gun arrays and configured to control energy of the electrons emitted from each of the electron gun arrays independently of each other. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027689 | ABERRATION-CORRECTED MULTIBEAM SOURCE, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMAGING OR ILLUMINATING A SPECIMEN WITH AN ARRAY OF PRIMARY CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMLETS - A charged particle beam device for inspection of a specimen with an array of primary charged particle beamlets is described. The charged particle beam device includes a charged particle beam source to generate a primary charged particle beam; a multi-aperture plate having at least two openings to generate an array of charged particle beamlets having at least a first beamlet having a first resolution on the specimen and a second beamlet having a second resolution on the specimen; an aberration correction element to correct at least one of spherical aberrations and chromatic aberrations of rotational symmetric charged particle lenses; and an objective lens assembly for focusing each primary charged particle beamlet of the array of primary charged particle beamlets onto a separate location on the specimen. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027690 | Enabling High Throughput Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging (ECCI) by Varying Electron Beam Energy - Techniques for high throughput electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI) by varying electron beam energy are provided. In one aspect, a method for ECCI of a crystalline wafer includes: placing the crystalline wafer under an electron microscope having an angle of less than 90° relative to a surface of the crystalline wafer; generating an electron beam, by the electron microscope, incident on the crystalline wafer; varying an accelerating voltage of the electron microscope to access a channeling condition of the crystalline wafer; and obtaining an image of the crystalline wafer. A system for ECCI is also provided. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027691 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SPECIMEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electron microscope specimen includes a first electron-transport layer, a second electron-transport layer, a spacer layer, and a carrier layer. The second electron-transport layer has a first opening, a second opening, and a viewing area, wherein the viewing area is between the first opening and the second opening. The spacer layer is sandwiched between the first electron-transport layer and the second electron-transport layer, and the spacer layer has an accommodating space communicating with the first opening and the second opening. The carrier layer is disposed on the second electron-transport layer, and has a viewing window, a first injection hole, and a second injection hole, wherein the viewing window is substantially aligned with the viewing area and the accommodating space, and the first injection hole and the second injection hole respectively communicate with the first opening and the second opening. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027692 | TOMOGRAPHY-ASSISTED TEM PREP WITH REQUESTED INTERVENTION AUTOMATION WORKFLOW - Provided is a process for lamella thinning and endpointing that substitutes a series of automated small angle tilts for the motions in the conventional endpointing sequence. STEM images or through-surface BSE scans are acquired at each tilt. The results are analyzed automatically to determine feature depths, and an intervention request is made requesting a user decision based on marked-up images and summary information displayed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BARE WAFER INSPECTION - A wafer inspection system includes a controller in communication with an electron-beam inspection tool. The controller includes circuitry to: acquire, via an optical imaging tool, coordinates of defects on a sample; set a Field of View (FoV) of the electron-beam inspection tool to a first size to locate a subset of the defects; determine a position of each defect of the subset of the defects based on inspection data generated by the electron-beam inspection tool during a scanning of the sample; adjust the coordinates of the defects based on the determined positions of the subset of the defects; and set the FoV of the electron-beam inspection tool to a second size to locate additional defects based on the adjusted coordinates. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION - Systems and methods are provided for charged particle detection. The detection system can comprise a signal processing circuit configured to generate a set of intensity gradients based on electron intensity data received from a plurality of electron sensing elements. The detection system can further comprise a beam spot processing module configured to determine, based on the set of intensity gradients, at least one boundary of a beam spot; and determine, based on the at least one boundary, that a first set of electron sensing elements of the plurality of electron sensing elements is within the beam spot. The beam spot processing module can further be configured to determine an intensity value of the beam spot based on the electron intensity data received from the first set of electron sensing elements and also generate an image of a wafer based on the intensity value. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027695 | MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY, EXAMINATION CONTAINER AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An examination container includes a main body, a membrane assembly and a cover. The main body has an accommodating trough for holding sample. The membrane assembly covers an opening end of the accommodating trough. The membrane assembly includes a support body and a membrane. The support body has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the support body is flat and has a first through-hole penetrating through the first surface and the second surface. The membrane is arranged on the second surface side of the support body and has a second through-hole. The second through-hole is opposite to the first through-hole and allows a charged particle beam to pass the second through-hole. The cover is detachably connected to the main body to secure the membrane assembly. The membrane assembly is easy to replace and uses less consumables. An electron microscope using the abovementioned examination container is also disclosed. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027696 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PLURALITY OF FIB-SEM SYSTEMS - Processes may be performed with a plurality of FIB-SEM systems. A first process group includes recording an image with the electron beam column, depositing material with supply of a process gas, and performing ion beam etching. A second process group includes performing a sample exchange, exchanging a reservoir of a gas source for the process gas, and verifying an image that was recorded with the electron beam column. The processes of the second group are prioritized. The FIB-SEM systems are actuated to work through processes contained in process lists. If in a plurality of FIB-SEM systems processes of the second group are to be performed simultaneously, an instruction based on the prioritization is output to the user. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027697 | ION IMPLANTATION METHOD AND ION IMPLANTER - An ion implantation method includes irradiating a wafer having a first temperature with a first ion beam such that a predetermined channeling condition is satisfied and irradiating the wafer having a second temperature different from the first temperature with a second ion beam such that the predetermined channeling condition is satisfied, after the irradiation of the first ion beam. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027698 | APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM MAPPING IN ION BEAM SYSTEM - An apparatus for monitoring of an ion beam. The apparatus may include a processor; and a memory unit coupled to the processor, including a display routine, where the display routine operative on the processor to manage monitoring of the ion beam. The display routine may include a measurement processor to receive a plurality of spot beam profiles of the ion beam, the spot beam profiles collected during a fast scan of the ion beam and a slow mechanical scan of a detector, conducted simultaneously with the fast scan. The fast scan may comprise a plurality of scan cycles having a frequency of 10 Hz or greater along a fast scan direction, and the slow mechanical scan being performed in a direction parallel to the fast scan direction. The measurement processor may also send a display signal to display at least one set of information, derived from the plurality of spot beam profiles. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027699 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH A PATTERN DENSITY-OUTLIER-TREATMENT FOR OPTIMIZED PATTERN DENSITY UNIFORMITY - The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an IC method. First pattern densities (PDs) of a plurality of templates of an IC design layout are received. Then a high PD outlier template and a low PD outlier template from the plurality of templates are identified. The high PD outlier template is split into multiple subsets of template and each subset of template carries a portion of PD of the high PD outlier template. A PD uniformity (PDU) optimization is performed to the low PD outlier template and multiple individual exposure processes are applied by using respective subset of templates. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027700 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN FROM RF TERMINAL TO ADJACENT NON-RF TERMINAL - An isolation system includes an input junction coupled to one or more RF power supplies via a match network for receiving radio frequency (RF) power. The isolation system further includes a plurality of channel paths connected to the input junction for distributing the RF power among the channel paths. The isolation system includes an output junction connected between each of the channel paths and to an electrode of a plasma chamber for receiving portions of the distributed RF power to output combined power and providing the combined RF power to the electrode. Each of the channel paths includes bottom and top capacitors for blocking a signal of the different type than that of the RF power. The isolation system avoids a risk of electrical arcing created by a voltage difference between an RF terminal and a non-RF terminal when the terminals are placed proximate to each other. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027701 | RF GENERATOR FOR GENERATING A MODULATED FREQUENCY OR AN INTER-MODULATED FREQUENCY - A high frequency radio frequency (RF) generator that generates a high frequency RF signal is described. There is no need for another low frequency RF generator that generates a low frequency RF signal. A low frequency RF signal is pre-amplified within the high frequency RF generator to output a pre-amplified low frequency RF signal. Similarly, a high frequency RF signal is pre-amplified within the high frequency RF generator to output a pre-amplified high frequency RF signal. The high frequency RF generator combines the pre-amplified low frequency RF with the pre-amplified high frequency RF signal to provide a combined RF signal. The combined RF signal is amplified within the high frequency RF generator to supply an amplified signal to a match. There is also no need for another match for the low frequency RF generator. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027702 | GAS DISTRIBUTOR AND FLOW VERIFIER - Apparatus and methods for distributing and mixing gas are provided. In one example, a gas distributor comprises a body, a gas inlet for admitting gas to the body, an orbital array of gas outlets for distributing the gas to an external component, and a central gas distribution point disposed within the body at a center of the orbital array of gas outlets and in fluid communication with the orbital array of gas outlets. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027703 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY GENERATION BY CONTROLLED PLASMA IGNITION AND INCINERATION - A device and system for energy generation using plasma incineration and further, for producing electricity by hydrogen gas generation and combustion. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027704 | NON-PERTUBATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF LOW AND NULL MAGNETIC FIELD IN HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMAS - Systems and methods that facilitate non-pertubative measurements of low and null magnetic field in high temperature plasmas. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027705 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A substrate support apparatus includes a substrate stage to support a substrate, and a ground ring assembly along a circumference of the substrate stage, the ground ring assembly including a ground ring body, the ground ring body having a plurality of recesses along a circumferential portion thereof, and a plurality of ground blocks movable to be received into respective recesses of the plurality of recesses, the plurality of ground blocks including a conductive material to be electrically grounded. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027706 | REAL-TIME CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE IN A PLASMA CHAMBER - Systems and methods for real-time control of temperature within a plasma chamber are described. One of the methods includes sensing a voltage in real time of a rail that is coupled to a voltage source. The voltage source supplies a voltage to multiple heater elements of the plasma chamber. The voltage that is sensed is used to adjust one or more duty cycles of corresponding one or more of the heater elements. The adjusted one or more duty cycles facilitate achieving and maintaining a temperature value within the plasma chamber over time. | 2020-01-23 |
20200027707 | TECHNIQUES, SYSTEM AND APPRATUS FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF A LAYER USING ANGLED IONS - A method is provided. The method may include providing a substrate, the substrate comprising a substrate surface, the substrate surface having a three-dimensional shape. The method may further include directing a depositing species from a deposition source to the substrate surface, wherein a layer is deposited on a deposition region of the substrate surface. The method may include performing a substrate scan during the directing or after the directing to transport the substrate from a first position to a second position. The method may also include directing angled ions to the substrate surface, in a presence of the layer, wherein the layer is sputter-etched from a first portion of the deposition region, and wherein the layer remains in a second portion of the deposition region. | 2020-01-23 |